Here are some facts about Ann Arbor, Michigan. It’s a typical Midwestern town with a moderate population (124,000) in the southeastern part of the state. The average winter high is 34 degrees, it’s humid 84%…
My life is a long series of brutal disasters and unbearable heartaches. I’ve never owned a Kate Spade purse. One year, all my Christmas cards were returned for insufficient postage. A ski instructor once said…
I had hoped that after November third I could breathe again and finally be cured Of a long and terrible four-year disease, The skank, smut, slop, scum, stink, sham, swamp, and sleaze Of Donald Trump,…
In a week I’m going to say one of two things. I’ll say Nooooooooooooo, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, not again. This time I’m leaving. Canada. But it takes seven years to get…
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. I was an English Major in college, which means a lot of money was wasted teaching me the nuances of Medieval symbolism in…
I want to talk about my legs. And one of them in particular. I inherited them from my mother, who inherited them from her father. He was six feet tall and had a stocky, muscular…
My youngest child, Amy, graduated from the University of Michigan last weekend. To honor this milestone, I am posting an article I wrote in 2010, a few months before she started high school. Due…
I own a laptop, an iPad, and an iPhone. My laptop is grey and it’s lightweight. The cover of my iPad is a silhouette of two thin trees splotched with wispy autumn leaves. There is…
I hate Thanksgiving. Absolutely, abundantly, aggressively hate it. For a lot of good reasons. Every November, from Kindergarten through sixth grade, my class made Pilgrim hats and Indian headbands out of construction paper. These were…